BULLS captain Leon Pryce has warned that lack of stability and reliance on youth is holding the club down.

The former Great Britain international won a hat-trick of Super League Grand Finals during his first spell at Odsal and wanted to bring the curtain down on his golden career armed with another chest of treasured memories.

The Bulls had been docked 12 points after emerging from liquidation, so survival in the Championship this season would have done the trick.

Unfortunately, things are not quite going to plan and, with only ten more league games to play, the Bulls are still bottom of the table on minus two points.

Pryce, who has vowed to hang up his boots when the campaign ends, admits the last few months have been among the most frustrating of his professional life.

Loan players have come and gone, others have signed and not been allowed to play, injuries have led to the club relying on kids.

New coach Geoff Toovey is still not 'officially' in charge and his team have been heavily pounded by Featherstone, Toulouse, and London Broncos.

Price said: "You can only go so long with a young team. I think we have tried but, as a club, we don't base ourselves on trying. We base ourselves on success.

"Getting beaten by 60 (points) is never good enough. We have been trying, the effort and spirit has been there, but we are lacking experience and everybody knows that.

"It's been frustrating because I probably expected the process to be speeded up, like everyone else, and move a lot quicker than it has done.

"The most frustrating thing is, when we have the experienced loan players in, we have a team that looks a bit tasty. But it's hard to stay consistent when you are consistently losing players."

French international Kevin Larroyer became the latest loanee to return to a parent club (Castleford) this week after the Bulls waved farewell to others including Jordan Lilley and Mikolaj Oledzki (both Leeds Rhinos) and Daniel Murray (Salford).

A new dual-registration agreement with Widnes Vikings has led to the arrival of props Ted Chapelhow and Sam Brooks ahead of tomorrow's game at Sheffield Eagles but may simply be papering over the cracks.

Pryce said: "We need the help but we also need stability. Those two may go back the week after – as we have seen with big 'Mik', Danny Murray and Jordan Lilley.

"They have all been fantastic when they have been here but we only get them for a couple of days a week and then they are gone for four or five weeks.

"It's great while they are here but it's difficult when we have to put other kids back in when they leave.

"As players, we have just got to try and get on with it, but it's frustrating knowing what you can do when you are just given a little bit of experience."

Dane Chisholm's proposed move to Odsal from Sheffield remains the subject of a legal dispute, so the Australian half-back is ineligible play in this weekend's game.

Pryce said: "We have not really talked about the Dane Chisholm situation. It is what it is. He doesn't train with us. We don't talk about it until its sorted out by the RFL.

"It's going to be really tough against Sheffield. It's a matter of physics. When you are playing 29/30-year-old men in the forwards against 18/19-year-old kids, the law of physics always wins.

"It doesn't matter how good the kids are. There is age, maturity, body denseness and physicality – and that's where the game is won in the forwards.

"Unfortunately for us, we are just too young in the forwards, but we have proven that we can beat them already this year, so there is no reason why we can't do that again."

Bradford-born Pryce is desperate to repay the club's supporters, whose loyalty has been pushed to the limit over recent years.

He said: "The fans have been brilliant. If there wasn't effort and team spirit, I think the fans would be a lot more unhappy than what they are.

"I am not saying they are 'happy' at losing but I think they can see the lads are trying and we all know the situation we are in. It would be unrealistic to have a go at the lads just for doing their best.

"As soon as we get a little bit of experience in and get to 'zero', it will probably feel a bit better.

"We have been through quite a lot of rubbish over the last three or four years but this year is about Bradford as a club – not just the players but the staff and the fans; everybody who supports the club.

"It's about us all stabilising the club. It is coming, just very slowly."